Houston's best food challenges

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Where: Little Bitty Burger Barn
5503 Pinemont; 713-683-6700
What it is: The Double Dog Dare You
The challenge: You have 30 minutes to finish eight 1/4-pound patties, eight slices of cheese, bacon, jalapeños and barbecue sauce and one pound of seasoned fries.
The cost: $29.99
The reward: Your picture on the restaurant’s wall and a t-shirt.

What it is: Charlie’s 5 Alarm Fire Burger
The challenge: There’s no time limit. You simply have to finish a burger topped with jalapeños, habaneros and Nitro Sauce, which registers 10,000,000 on the Scoville scale. (A jalapeño typically maxes out at 8,500 units.)
The cost: $8.99
The reward: Bragging rights. The prize used to be a little bitty fireman's helmet.

Tony Bullard/For the Houston Chronicle

5of11

Where: Little Bitty Burger Barn
5503 Pinemont; 713-683-6700
What it is: The Double Dog Dare You
The challenge: You have 30 minutes to finish eight 1/4-pound patties, eight slices of cheese, bacon, jalapeños and barbecue sauce and one pound of seasoned fries.
The cost: $29.99
The reward: Your picture on the restaurant’s wall and a t-shirt.

What it is: Charlie’s 5 Alarm Fire Burger
The challenge: There’s no time limit. You simply have to finish a burger topped with jalapeños, habaneros and Nitro Sauce, which registers 10,000,000 on the Scoville scale. (A jalapeño typically maxes out at 8,500 units.)
The cost: $8.99
The reward: Bragging rights. The prize used to be a little bitty fireman's helmet.